Virtue could see to do what Virtue would By her own radiant light, though sun and moon Were in the flat sea sunk. Comus: A Mask - Page 29by John Milton, John Dalton - 1791 - 66 pagesFull view - About this book
| Lionel Thomas Berguer - English essays - 1823 - 332 pages
...virtue's book, (Not being in danger, as I trust she is not) As that the single want of light and noise Could stir the constant mood of her calm thoughts....into misbecoming plight. Virtue could see to do what Virtne would Were in the flat sea sunk. And Wisdom's self By her own radiant light, though sun and... | |
| British anthology - 1824 - 460 pages
...Virtue's book, And the sweet peace that goodness bosoms ever, As that the single want of light and noise (Not being in danger, as I trust she is not) Could...to do what Virtue would By her own radiant light, though sun and moon Were in the flat sea sunk. And Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude... | |
| William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1824 - 1062 pages
...Virtue's book, And the sweet peace that goodness bosoms ever, As that the single want of light and noise ew Such though sun and moon Were in the flat sea sunk. And wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude,... | |
| John Milton - 1824 - 510 pages
...bosoms ever, As that the single want of light and noise (Not being in danger, as I trust she is not) 370 Could stir the constant mood of her calm thoughts,...could see to do what virtue would By her own radiant ПцЫ, though sun and moon Were in the flat sea sunk. And wisdom's self 375 Oft seeks to sweet retired... | |
| John Milton - 1824 - 414 pages
...note PL v. 127. T. Warton. 369. As that the single want of light and noise (Not being in danger, at I trust she is not) Could stir the constant mood of her calm thoughts, &c.] A profound critic cites the entire context, as containing a beautiful example of Milton's use... | |
| William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1825 - 600 pages
...Virtue's book, And the sweet peaee that goodness bosoms ever, As that the single want of light and noise ainted Stoa next : There shalt thou hear and learn the seer eonstant mood of her ealm thoughts, And put them into misbeeoming plight Virtue eould see to do what... | |
| John Milton - 1826 - 312 pages
...virtue's book, And the sweet peace that goodness bosoms ever, As that the single want of light and noise (Not being in danger, as I trust she is not) Could...to do what virtue would By her own radiant light, though sun and moon Were in the flat sea sunk. And wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude,... | |
| John Aikin - English poetry - 1826 - 840 pages
...Virtue's book, And the sweet peace that goodness bosoms ever, As that the single want of light and noise (Not being in danger, as I trust she is not,} Could...And put them into misbecoming plight. Virtue could sec to do what virtue would By her own radiant light, though Sun and Moon Were in the flat sea sunk.... | |
| John Milton - 1826 - 126 pages
...ever, As that the single want of light or noise (Not being in danger, as I trust she is not) Should stir the constant mood of her calm thoughts, And put them into misbecoming plight. The whole passage is exceedingly beautiful ; but what I praise in the parenthesis is, the pathos and... | |
| English essays - 1829 - 804 pages
...(Not being in danger, a> 1 trust she Is not) Could stir the consult mood ol her calm thoughts, And pat them into misbecoming plight. Virtue could see to do what virtue would By her own radiant light, though sun and moon Were In the flat sea sunk. And Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude... | |
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